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Hi,

I just bought an R34GTR Vspec. It only has 30,000 km on it.

Firstly, it leaks about 4 to 5 drips of oil each night. I see it on the ground in the morning. What could this be? Are all oil leaks serious? For a car with such low kms i wouldnt expect it to be leaking.

Secondly, sometimes (i guess it's about once every 30 hours of driving--so not that often) when i have my foot to the floor revs will increase as normal then all of a sudden it's like it's only firing on 4 cylinders and i lose power. For example the other day i rev it to like 7000 revs in first gear, then changed into second gear and put my foot down again and immediately it was like half the cylinders weren't producing power. Sometimes ill just be driving slow, and all of a sudden it happens. The engine sound changes. Instead of it being the crisp ZZZZZZ sound of the skyline, it changes to Bop-bop-bop-bop-bop sound. Then all of a sudden it will be fine again and i get full power back and the car takes off again and the car drives for about another 20-30 hours without it happening again. Oil, water, temp, etc is always fine.

Any ideas? Thanks

the majority of oil leaks arent life threatening apart from the fact u have to keep replacing the lost oil..... oil leak could be anything.... u need to dip a bit of white paper into the puddle and find out what colour it is.... also shuv your camera under the car and take a pic of where the oil is coming from..... try and establish if its from the engine.... and if it is, things like is it coming from the front or rear, or either side.....also dont think just coz its got 30000kms on it things wont go wrong... iv seen brand new cars leak oil, or cars with 10000 blow a motor....

as for the missfire.... mate this could be any number of things....start off checking all the usual things.... check your spark plugs, your coils, all your electrical connections for the injectors, sensors and earth and get bak to us.

Edited by TRB-001

#1 If the oil is dripping onto the front diffuser from the front ie crank seal, it may very well be the 'Oil Pump' (or if you're lucky, the seal itself). If it is the oil pump, replace it with one of higher quality ie N1 Race-Spec at the very least. = big job

#2 If the car is already warmed up, it may be 'Coil Packs' rather than plugs (at this number of kms).

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